After sidestepping the House Rules Committee, Speaker Mike Johnson will have to rely on Democrats to pass a short-term ...

Congressional leaders have a deal on a short-term spending bill that will fund federal agencies for about three months.

The clock is ticking toward a September 30 deadline to fund the government, and even with a possible deal to avert a lapse in ...

House leaders unveiled on Sunday their new legislation to avert a shutdown at the end of the month and fund the government ...

Trump wanted to force a shutdown over the SAVE Act. Top Republicans are ignoring him and will vote this week to fund the ...

The short-term bill is expected to get a vote on the House floor this week as Congress faces a Sept. 30 shutdown deadline.

The new plan to avert a government shutdown comes after the House rejected Speaker Johnson's opening gambit in the funding ...

The House is expected to vote on the funding extension, known as a continuing resolution or CR, on Wednesday. The Senate will ...

The term “shutdown” is also something of a misnomer. Lapses in funding are a bad way to do business, and they can delay ...

During a press conference Sunday, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer predicted that Congress would pass a stopgap funding ...

The spending bill will fund federal agencies for about three months, pushing final decisions until after the November ...

Washington lawmakers reached a spending plan Sunday that will keep the government operating through December, avoiding a ...